Entitlements

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows the Social Security Administration's main campus in Woodlawn, Md. Congressional investigators say Social Security has made more than $1 billion in improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work. In a report issued Friday, the Government Accountability Office estimated that 36,000 workers got improper payments from December 2010 to January 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Investigators: 36k got improper disability pay

Stephen Ohlemacher · September 14, 2013 12:34 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' visit to Orlando on Friday comes days after Florida health officials ordered county health departments across the state to ban counselors trained to help sign people up for health insurance from conducting outreach on their property. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Kathleen Sebelius to make stops in Florida for health care law

Kelli Kennedy · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Big Ideas: On broken families, middle-class mobility, and bullying

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Wallace Cunningham, left, AARP South Carolina Associate State Director for Multicultural Outreach, presents a workshop on the Affordable Health Care Act in Bishopville, S.C., last week. (AP/AARP)

Exchanges create confusion for Medicare recipients

Kelli Kennedy · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Missouri lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an agriculture measure. (AP image)

Missouri lawmakers vote to override Jay Nixon on farm bill

Associated Press · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Medicaid expansion foes fail to block law

Medicaid expansion foes fail to block law

Bob Christie · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to limit food stamps for more than 130,000 adults in all but a few economically depressed areas starting next year. (AP image)

Ohio to limit food stamps for some adults

Associated Press · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and other state Republicans are making a TV ad push to counter loud criticism of GOP policies. (AP image)

Pat McCrory, NC Senate leader on TV ads to push agenda

Gary Robertson · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Springfield Repub: Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee seen as taking lead on welfare reform

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2013 4:00 am

Fox Boston: Mass. lawmakers call for action on welfare reform

Fox Boston: Mass. lawmakers call for action on welfare reform

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2013 4:00 am

The Economist: Taxing hard-up Americans at 95%

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2013 4:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn answers questions about the state's pension crisis during a press conference in Chicago in June. (AP File)

New pension liability measure shows states owe trillions

Eric Boehm · September 7, 2013 4:00 am